Claimer: My Blog, My POV

Occasionally, I will mention my job, my public service activities, and other aspects of my life to offer my readers a better perspective on where I'm coming from. But to be clear:

"The views that I express represent my own opinions, based on my own education and experience, not the opinions of any other entity, party, or group to which I belong. I give these opinions in my individual capacity, as a private citizen, and as someone who gives a good gosh darn about his community, his country, and the truth."

Other Analytics

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Feds Solicit Public Input on WMDs in South Dakota

All sorts of local environmental news today!

A well-informed reader sends me a note on South Dakota's WMDs—Wetlands Management Districts. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is preparing a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for the South Dakota's three Wetlands Management Districts around Huron, Sand Lake, and Madison. The feds are seeking public input (hey, that's us!) on what we think the plan should include.

The press release explains the CCP's goals this way:

The purpose in developing a CCP is to provide project leaders with a 15-year strategy for achieving refuge and wetland management district purposes and contributing toward the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System, consistent with sound principles of fish and wildlife management, conservation, legal mandates, and Service policies. In addition to outlining broad management direction on conserving wildlife and their habitats, CCPs identify wildlife dependent recreational opportunities available to the public, including opportunities for hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, wildlife photography, and environmental education and interpretation.

The questions for us:

What problems or issues do you want to see addressed in the CCP?

What improvements would you recommend for these three (3) WMDs?

Say, John, I wonder if now's the time to send the feds that plan for the Bicentennial Park again?

Got a good idea for what sort of improvements the feds could make in our Wetlands Management District? Give USFWS a shout!